GNU bug report logs - #79380
31.0.50; Flymake does not check Elisp code anymore

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>

Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 21:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
To: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
Cc: 79380 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79380: 31.0.50; Flymake does not check Elisp code anymore
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:38:32 -0400
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Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de> writes:
> If elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable is nil (the default), the
> absolute file predicate fails and as a result Flymake does not check
> Elisp anymore:
>
> (file-name-absolute-p elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable)

Apologies, I accidentally posted an old version of the patch which was
then installed.  The attached should fix it.  Please try it (and then
feel free to push it if it works).

[0001-Fix-null-values-of-elisp-flymake-byte-compile-execut.patch (text/x-patch, inline)]
From 425e3f4ab95faf7c0e4a749e0c428f4c05f32cfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 10:36:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix null values of elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable

* lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
(elisp-flymake-byte-compile--executable): Properly check for
nil. (bug#79380)
---
 lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
index e8344852829..c6951810c3e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
@@ -2301,13 +2301,14 @@ elisp-flymake-byte-compile--executable
   "Return absolute file name of the Emacs executable for flymake byte-compilation."
   (let ((filename
          (cond
+          ((null elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable) nil)
           ((file-name-absolute-p elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable)
            elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable)
           ((stringp elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable)
            (when-let* ((pr (project-current)))
              (file-name-concat (project-root pr)
                                elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable))))))
-    (if (file-executable-p filename)
+    (if (and filename (file-executable-p filename))
         filename
       (when elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable
         (message "No such `elisp-flymake-byte-compile-executable': %s"
-- 
2.43.7


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